Short-Handed Titans Manage Tie with CSUN

Fullerton, Calif. - Cal State Fullerton's Matt Sanders
re-directed a cross from Michael Farfan
into the goal in the 25th minute to offset an early score by Cal
State Northridge's Sunghyun Kim as the Titans and Matadors battled
to a 1-1 tie in Big West Conference men's soccer action Wednesday
night.

The Titans emerged with a 4-4-1 overall record and an 0-1-1 mark
in the Big West while the Matadors are now 4-2-2 after the tie in
their Big West opener.

Fullerton played the final 33 minutes a man down after German Moreno was
issued his second yellow card of the match and was ejected.

Kim scored 2:02 into the match with a one-timer from about 20
yards on a touch from Robert Pate.

The Titans were the aggressor much of the first half,
outshooting the visitors 8-2 and getting 5 corner kicks to none for
the Matadors.

Fullerton's score came at 24:34 when Sanders ran over a ball in
front of the net off a free-kick cross from the left wing by Farfan
to beat goalkeeper Kevin Guppy, who would finish the night with 7
saves.

Fullerton had a series of excellent scoring chances midway
through the second half. Two Titans knocked each other down in the
52nd minute just outside the net going for a favorable deflection.
Gabriel Farfan shot just wide of the post in the 54th minute and Shay Spitz hit a
post 10 minutes later. Peter Kingman was
denied from short range by Guppy five minutes later.

After Moreno got his second yellow card, the Matadors had a
couple of late opportunities. Michael Clegg hit a post with about 6
minutes to play and then was high on a rebound try. Moy Gomez broke
free ahead of the pack only to shoot over the net.

In overtime, Fullerton had most of the possessions despite the
lineup disadvantage and outshot the visitors, 4-3.

Fullerton travels to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday night while
the Matadors, who were coming off their first-ever win over UCLA,
travel to UC Irvine.